The Electrohammer Vanguard swung his hammer again and Alexy barely dodged in time. He ran far away from the bulky man to Klee's side.
"It seems that Klee's bombs do not have any effect on him." said Alexy while helping Klee standing up.
"Pyro element has little effect on Electro shield, we have to use Cryo." said Paimon.
"Fire...electricity...ice...what do you mean?" Alexy asked.
"Well. Vision, and Delusion also, are divided into 7 different elements: Anemo, Geo, ELectro, Dendro, Hydro, Pyro, and Cryo. The elemental reactions between them can greatly help us in many situations. Like destroying Electro shield needs Cryo." explained Paimon.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" Alexy said angrily. "This is so important."
"Ah, really? Paimon thought Paimon had told you before!"
"No, you didn't!"
"E-he!"
"Am I a joke to you?!!!" Hammer roared and ran to Alexy and Klee.
Because the run of Hammer was so intimidating, Alexy and Klee both got panicked and got hit by the hammer again.
"I think some of my bones might be broken!" said Alexy.
"It's hurt...sob!" Klee cried.
"Don't be curious of others' business next time...alas, there is no next time for you." chuckled Hammer, who raised his hammer, prepared to slam it down at Alexy.
(Oh no...I'm done for...I hate you, old lady who gave me the system!)
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Alexy raised his eyes up and saw that Hammer did not move at all, he kept raising the hammer high but did not slam it down. To be more precise, he could not.
"Why...I could not move my body at all!" said Hammer.
The allies of Hammer were puzzled as well.
"It's time for you to stop this foolishness!"
An old lady went forward from the darkness, standing beside Alexy.
"You...old lady!" Alexy was surprised.
"Madame Ping!" Paimon said surprised inside Alexy's head.
"Child, stop this. That cursed thing will harm you!" Madame Ping told Hammer sternly.
"Muahahahahaha! Old Lady, have you become so old that your brain can't function normally?" the bulky man mocked Madame Ping.
Madame Ping shook her head. And Hammer was pushed back, he slammed into the servants of Mr. Karasu who went with him.
"Young man", Madame Ping turned to Alexy and said, "I can not help you with your own commission. This is something you must accomplish yourself with your team.", she glanced at Klee when she said "your team".
When Alexy's face began to turn gloomy, she said "However, I believe I can help you with this."
Madame Ping look into Alexy's eyes but she communicated with someone else.
"Little pixie, show him the rewards for reaching AR 5!"
"Yes, Madame!"
In front of Alexy, a screen appeared.
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"You want to say that I can get them all now since it's a dire situation?"
"You are a bright young man, but your guess is not completely right. Because you haven't get to AR 5, you can only get one of them now. Choose wisely!"
"We have to use Cryo." Alexy repeated Paimon's word from before.
Without further consideration, he pressed on Kaeya's icon. And almost immdiately, a dark skin young man with an eye patch appeared beside Alexy.
"Greetings! You must be the Master 'He' told me to serve." Kaeya looked at Alexy and said. He aslo extended his hand to help Alexy get up.
"You can call me Alexy." Alexy intended to hold Kaeya's hand to get up but realized that he was too injured for that, "I can't...my bones are broken."
"I see."
"Alright, I leave the rest to you." said Madame Ping, who stepped back and sat down on a chair, which no one knew why it was there. Beside the chair was a table, on which was a tea set.
Right after Madame Ping sat down, Hammer stood up.
"You make me mad now!"
Kaeya moved far away from Alexy and made a beckoning sign at Hammer.
"Come here." he said chucklingly.
The Electrohammer Vanguard roared and ran toward Kaeya.
"Alexy, when the bulky enemies like this guy run towards you, don't be afraid or panic." said Kaeya.
"...look out!" Alexy shouted.
Hammer had already stood in front of Kaeya and raised his hammer. Kaeya simply stepped aside and used his Elemental Skill "Frostgnaw" on Hammer.
(The purple energy...has weaken.) Alexy noticed the change after Kaeya had used his Elemental Skill.
Because of Kaeya's attack, Hammer lost his balance a little. As soon as he regained his balance, Hammer swung his big hammer again at Kaeya, but missed.
"It's your bulky body that makes you slow!" said Kaeya.
Hammer was super mad, his face was red. After swinging the hammer continuously, he was tired physically. And the Delusion made him tired both mentally and spiritually. Plus, he was mad, which clouded his judgement greatly.
Hammer raised the hammer up and kept swinging at Kaeya, he attacked like a mad beast.
"Come here!" Kaeya taunted the Electrohammer Vanguard while running to the people on the evil side.
"Argh...Hammer...!" one of them screamed.
"Don't attack people on your side...!"
"We are your allies...stop...!"
But the hammer of Hammer did not spare anyone and all of them were swung away, heavily injured.
Kaeya simply walked to behind Hammer and used "Frostgnaw" a second time.
The purple energy surrounded Hammer was completely broken, and he fell down, not moving at all.
"Klee, can you help me give the bad guy the final blow?" Kaeya softly asked Klee.
"Ok!" Klee wiped the tears that were still on her face and went to the Electrohammer Vanguard. She smiled, and only the ones who stood in front of her at that time could fathom the meaning [naughtiness] of that smile.
BOOM BOOM BOOM
After the explosions, Hammer turned back to normal, his face was charred black. Next to him was the glove with purple crystal orb, which had begun to show cracks.
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"I'm doomed! How can I explain an injury this great to my mom?!" complained Alexy, while lying still, in order to not damaging his body more.
"Here, for you!" Kaeya gave Alexy a tea cup filled with warm green tea.
"Huh, where did you get this?" Alexy asked.
"That Old Lady left this teacup on the table over there with a note saying it was for you." answered Kaeya. "Let me help you sit up!"
Alexy chucked down the tea and immediately after that, his body was completely healed.
"Thank you, Madame!" said Alexy happily.
WEE-oww-WEE-oww.
"Crap, the police, we must leave here!" Alexy told the Klee and Kaeya when he heard the police siren.
And with the skill of Kaeya, they escaped successfully.
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"Report! We found some people fainting here...and evidences of a large battle!" said a police officer.
"Wait...this man...is Hammer, Mr. Karasu's personal bodyguard!!!" another shouted when he saw Hammer lying on the ground.
"Just...what the heck has happened here?!" said an middle age police man.
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In a dark alley, three men in black were running away like something, or someone, was chasing them.
"Where do you youngsters think you are going?"
Suddenly, they heard an old female voice. And Madame Ping stepped out from the dark.
"Kill her!" said the man in black in the middle.
The two other men in black dashed to Madame Ping. But Madame Ping dashed past them easily and two heads rolled on the ground.
But there was no blood. The heads were revealed to be automatons.
Madame Ping dashed towards the remaining man in black, and another automaton head rolled on the ground.
"Just like I thought...you guys were some kind of machine." said Madame Ping.
She then looked closely the automatons and noticed a symbol on top of each of the heads.
It was a big serpent coiling around a tree, inside its mouth is a fruit - an apple, which had already been bitten.
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Primogems count: 160